Posted on 12/07/2021 4:48:59 AM PST by blam
Looters target California marijuana dispensaries Thieves steal $5 MILLION of products from 15 cannabis shops in the San Francisco Bay Area in a single month and one business owner insists it was ‘safer to sell on the streets illegally’
Cannabis shops across the San Francisco Bay Area have been thrown into dire straits as gangs of thieves broke into more than 15 shops throughout November during the series of ‘smash and grab’ robberies plaguing California.
More than 15 cannabis shops in Oakland were robbed last month, with gangs of thieves firing 175 shots and stealing about $5 million worth of products.
Business owners say they were targeted because thieves believe they have a lot of cash on hand, but the shops are actually struggling to survive.
One store owner said he knows 25 shops that were hit, including his own, and that only half of them would be able to reopen.
The robberies were part of a series of ‘smash-and-grab’ thefts happening across California and concentrated in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles,’according to The Washington Examiner.
I’m waiting for them to start hitting pharmacies for narcotics.
First it was pot dispensaries then it was cookie stores.
Police should just stake out the snack isle at the local supermarket, they will be there soon enough.
Police should just stake out the snack isle at the local supermarket, they will be there soon enough.
Nonsense. AOC says this is all a myth. Stop spreading Fake News.
AOC says it was just a Walgreens or two. No smash and grabs. Nothing to see here ….. move on.
All of this leads one to perceive central California as some pretender-state like Bolivia, with fake police, looter-bandits, and costumed-politicians running things.
What a hot mess.
They’re giving democrats a bad name.
I think those pot shops are all cash only. If I were looking to rob businesses this makes perfect sense to me. Stealing cash and pot makes more sense than credit card receipts and identifiable electronics stolen from Best Buy.
“Business owners say they were targeted because thieves believe they have a lot of cash on hand, but the shops are actually struggling to survive.”
because gov has all the money.
People stealing food for their children
I’ll admit to feeling a bit of schadenfreud on this one. Sure the mass stealing is absolutely wrong and clearly brought on by the DemonRats. But hitting the pot shops kind of brings it home to them.
What’s going to stop them?
I find this strangely humorous
Don't ya hate "I told you so?"
“What a hot mess”
It stinks...
;)
Because they’re bulky and heavy, “legal” Pot shops should only accept pennies—stored in small hemp bags. Weigh them for the business end.
Send California their shared “bonus”.
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